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Mighty Lord - Megjid Janraisig
The largest Mongolian Buddhist statue, known as Megjid Janraisig (All seening lord) stands in a huge temple in Gandan Tegchinlen Monastery. The first Megjid Janraisig statue was built in 1911 and was destroyed in the 1930s Buddhism has started to revive in Mongolia, after the communist system collapsed.

The President of Mongolia issued a decree to rebuild this famous statue as the symbol of the revival of Buddhism that had been practiced in Mongolia for hundreds of years. It marked the beginning of five years of a large scale operation throughout Mongolia up to the inauguration of Megjid Janraisig in October, 1996.

Mongolians contributed 173.6 million tugrugs and the Government donated 153.5 million tugrugs towards the cost of building the 26.5 meter “all seeing Lord”. Over 500 people worked on the recreation of this statue.

This sacred statue, weighing 90 tons was build of 20 tons of copper, 400 kg of silver, gilded with 24 kg of gold and decorated with more than 2000 precious stones. Everyday, hundreds of local people come to pray to their sacred Megjid Janraisig. As well tourists visit the temple where this amazing statue is placed.